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April 2012

April 13, 2012

Bloom Where You Are Planted: Why We Chose Public School by Sarah Reimers

Many years ago, a mentor told me, “Be careful what you teach on, because the...

April 12, 2012

Why I Homeschool by Marlene Molewyk

Many years ago, my husband John asked me to consider homeschooling our children. I immediately...

April 12, 2012

Duty and Desire: The Best Hope for Our Children’s Education by Steven Garber

There are very few absolutes in this life. What kind of school our children attend...

April 11, 2012

The Safety of a Christian School by Elisabeth Klein Corcoran

Christian school was never in the plan or the budget for my kids. I liked...

April 11, 2012

An Unexpected Choice: Why We Traded the Public School for Homeschooling by Helen Lee

When I was 6 and my dad had been hired by the U.S. government to...

April 10, 2012

Learning to Choose: From Private Christian School to Public by Margaret Philbrick

After nine years in a private Christian grammar school our son stepped into his freshman...

April 10, 2012

“This is a God Place”: Why I Send My Kids to Christian School by Abigail Liu

Ms. Baker passed me the bag with the wet shirt at school pick-up. My shirt-sucking...

April 09, 2012

Where Should Christians Send Their Kids to School?

I have a new article for Christianity Today's magazine that is now available online: The...

April 09, 2012

Why I Need Spirituality and Religion to Be a Good Mom

Those of you who read this blog regularly know that the demands of family life...

April 06, 2012

A Not-so-Great Friday

Perhaps it is fitting that today was a day with William screaming in the night,...

April 05, 2012

Worth Reading and Watching: Being Remade, Disability and Religion, Life With God, and Failing Lent

Beautiful post by Mama Monk about the perpetual trials of being a parent of small...

April 02, 2012

Creating Space in the Church for People with Disabilities

I had a wonderful time in North Carolina last week, and I hope I'll take...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

The Wheat and the Weeds

Peter can always tell when I’m excited about something because I try, unsuccessfully, to hide...

March 28, 2012

Faith, Grief, and Growing Up

Fellow Redbud writer Kelli Trujillo interviewed me for her blog this week, and in one...

March 26, 2012

What Does It Mean to Listen to God?

Peter has a two week spring break. It involves some grading and commenting and preparing...

March 23, 2012

A Good and Perfect Gift Wins a Christopher Award!

We were in the San Juan airport on our way to four days of vacation...

March 22, 2012

Down Syndrome Goes Global

When our daughter Penny was a baby, I took her into Panera Bread at lunchtime....

March 20, 2012

Be Still and Know, Spirituality and Religion

There's a verse from Psalm 46 that summarizes the relationship between the practice of religion...

March 16, 2012

Lenten Reflections: Lent is a Time for Grief

My husband and I are attending a funeral today. Our dear friend's mother died on...

March 15, 2012

Dads-in-Chief, or What I Like About Rick Santorum and President Obama

When Sarah Palin first accepted the vice presidential nomination in 2008, I thought I should...

March 13, 2012

Beginning to Understand Her as a Gift

For those of you who have already read A Good and Perfect Gift, this post...

March 09, 2012

What People are saying about A Good and Perfect Gift

A Good and Perfect Gift came out in September. It hasn't come close to best...

March 08, 2012

Perfectly Human: “The Look” by Karen Jackson

Long time readers of this blog may remember that I used to run a weekly...

March 07, 2012

Spirituality Tip for Busy Moms #6: Go to Sleep (and I’m Going on Vacation)

I meant to share the link to this great post by my friend Karen Swallow...

March 06, 2012

Lenten Reflections: Telling Friends about Jesus

As those of you with young children already know, last week was Dr. Seuss’ birthday....

March 02, 2012

Mama Monk, my new Favorite Blogger

It might seem odd, but I don't read very many blogs. I read magazines in...

March 01, 2012

Lenten Reflections: What Lasting Mean?

I should begin by explaining that our kids have initiated a new bedtime ritual. It...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

My Life as a God Blogger

I think my interview last week with Drew Marshall as his weekly "God blogger" might...

February 28, 2012

Listen to Eugene Peterson With Me…

I'm supposed to be in New York City today, attending the Q sessions with Eugene...

February 24, 2012

Listening to Grace and Truth: Reflections on Jo Saxton’s More Than Enchanting

As a part of the Patheos Book Club, I was asked to reflect upon Jo...

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